Elmer A. Sanborn Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
From: Patricia Cooper - pcooper@peaknet.net

Surname: SANBORN
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

Page 1185

  ELMER A. SANBORN, chairman of the board of selectmen of the town
of Chester, was born in Chester in 1869,on the farm he now owns and
occupies, a son of Amos and Dorothy M. (Lyford ) Sanborn. The father ,
now deceased, was a life long resident of this county and was engaged 
chiefly in farming, also doing some cooperage work. His wife was born 
in Fremont, N. H. They had three children: S. Villa, wife of Frank 
Rowe, of Fremont; Elmer A., subject of this sketch, and Ella J ., who 
is the wife of James Towle of Fremont. Amos Sanborn was a son of 
Ebenezer Sanborn, a native of Fremont.   
  Elmer A. Sanbom was reared and educated in Chester and since leaving,
school has made farming, dairying and lumbering his chief occupations. 
At different times he has traveled considerably and has seen a good 
deal of this country. He has long taken an interest in politics, and is 
now serving in his fourth year. as a member of the board of selectmen, 
as above stated, being, chairman of the board for the present year. He 
was married in 1900 to Miss Mary Annette Morse, who was born and reared 
in Chester, a daughter of Augustus P. Morse, also a resident of this 
town. Mrs. Sanborn, who graduated from Pinkerton Academy, was a teacher 
for five years in the Chester schools. She and her husband have three 
children: Bernard M., Edith A. and Arthur E. Mrs. Sanborn is a member 
of the Congregational church.

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